While everyone is eager to lift restrictions which after this long pandemic is the end goal but cases continue as do deaths with four new deaths and over 300 cases reported Thursday. There are 388 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 52 are in intensive care.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – While everyone is eager to lift restrictions which after this long pandemic is the end goal but cases continue as do deaths with four new deaths and over 300 cases reported Thursday.

As of Thursday, March 10, 90.7% (4,521,678) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.6% (4,316,745) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.3% (4,326,900) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.9% (4,211,317) received their second dose and 56.4% (2,613,270) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.7% (4,052,277) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.3% (3,947,982) received their second dose, and 58.3% (2,521,344) have received a third dose.

B.C. is reporting 336 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 351,751 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 65

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 49

* Interior Health: 115

* Northern Health: 54

* Island Health: 53

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 388 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 52 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, four new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,932.

Note: One reported death has been removed from the total due to a data correction.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: three

* Interior Health: one

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Yucalta Lodge (Island Health). The outbreaks at Overlander Residential Care and Gillis House (Interior Health) have been declared over, for a total of 14 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

* long-term care:
* Ponderosa, Hillside Village, Mission Creek Landing, Williams Lake Seniors Village (Interior Health)

* Sidney Care Home, Selkirk Seniors Village, Berwick House Gordon Head, The Heights at Mt. View, Greenwoods, Parkwood Court, Luther Court and Yucalta Lodge (Island Health)

* acute care:
* Mission Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)

* assisted or independent living:
* Fischer Place (Interior Health)

From March 2-8, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.0% of cases. From Feb. 23 to March 8, they accounted for 29.0% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 2-8) - Total 2,108

* Not vaccinated: 330 (15.7%)

* Partially vaccinated: 49 (2.3%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,729 (82.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 23 to March 8) - Total 386

* Not vaccinated: 91 (23.6%)

* Partially vaccinated: 21 (5.4%)

* Fully vaccinated: 274 (71.0%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 2-8)

* Not vaccinated: 90.9

* Partially vaccinated: 29.3

* Fully vaccinated: 37.0

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 23 to March 8)

* Not vaccinated: 25.1

* Partially vaccinated: 19.6

* Fully vaccinated: 5.8

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,393,545 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.